Order of the General Court of 16 December 2011 - Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission

(Case T-202/10) 

(State aid - Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to housing corporations - Existing aid - Decision accepting Member State's commitments - Action for annulment - Not individually concerned - Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Stichting Woonlinie (Woudrichem, Netherlands); Stichting Allee Wonen (Roosendaal, Netherlands); Woningstichting Volksbelang (Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands); Stichting WoonInvest (Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands); and Stichting Woonstede (Ede, Netherlands) (represented by: P. Glazener, E. Henny and T. Ottervanger, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, S. Noë and S. Thomas, Agents, and by H. Gilliams, lawyer)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 (Netherlands) - Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.

Operative part of the order

The action is dismissed as inadmissible;

There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene of Vesteda Groep BV, the Netherlands Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, the Société wallonne du logement, the Union sociale pour l'habitat and The European Liaison Committee for Social Housing (Cecodhas);

Stichting Woonlinie, Stichting Allee Wonen, Woningstichting Volksbelang, Stichting WoonInvest and Stichting Woonstede are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;

Vesteda Groep, the Netherlands Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, the Société wallonne du logement, the Union sociale pour l'habitat and Cecodhas, applicants for leave to intervene, are ordered to bear their own costs.

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¹ - OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.